Thursday, September 17, 2009

John Schlitt - The grafting - Lyrics

She’s too young to be a motherBut sometimes life is cruel and makes a life decide anotherScared but sees beyond the momentShe gives her boy away and prays someday he’ll know herLove goes on and onWhen he finds that life comes in the grafting

They built their hope upon the futureMarried young, they bought a house, a car, a crib to suit herBut years would pass without a babyUntil a miracle, a desperate girl reached outAnd love went on and onAnd they found that life came in the grafting

(chorus)This life is a golden opportunityTo give and to love through all uncertaintyJust like the Father reaches down to usAnd through His Son He grafts us to HimselfThis is love

The parents did their best to raise himThey trusted God to build the roots the boy so greatly neededBut time had come for him to face herThe things he longed to say and dreamed for years could wait no longer

He slowly walked up to her door and rang the bellThe door came open wideShe stood there and cried

He said “mother, don’t be cryin’I know you’ve wondered now if you were wrong for never tryingFor everything you did, I thank youI have the life you always dreamed for me becauseYour love went on and onI found my life was in the grafting.”